This get-rich-quick scheme seems somewhat viabile given the brain-damaged USPTO, but his strategy is fundamentally flawed.
The most strategic use of bullshit patents such as this one can only be applied by large corporations with billions in their coffers. This is the 'spiteful' approach, where the barrier imposed by the patent itself is not in its contents, but the expense of fighting it. Big companies can afford to vigorously defend even fundamentally unsound patents, and this presents a large roadblock to smaller organizations who wish to challenge it.
Then you have this idiot. If the criminally stupid USPTO does grant him his patent, he's gonna get trounced by the big boys' virtually unlimited legal funds...
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The most strategic use of bullshit patents such as this one can only be applied by large corporations with billions in their coffers. This is the 'spiteful' approach, where the barrier imposed by the patent itself is not in its contents, but the expense of fighting it. Big companies can afford to vigorously defend even fundamentally unsound patents, and this presents a large roadblock to smaller organizations who wish to challenge it.
Then you have this idiot. If the criminally stupid USPTO does grant him his patent, he's gonna get trounced by the big boys' virtually unlimited legal funds...
Does this not strike anyone as an incredibly inconsiderate thing to do? I can almost see the stream of alerts flying off of IDSs around Germany...